But Melvin still works -- as a traveling salesman. "I just can't sit around and not do nothing," he explained.

According to family, Melvin Pickens, now 81, started selling brooms around 1950 -- worked six days a week to support his wife and their four children at the time.

With the help of a caretaker friend, Melvin goes around to businesses in Little Rock, Arkansas, asking the owners and their customers to buy one of his brooms. That's basically all he sells -- $10 brooms.

"I'd say about 20-25 years," said Melvin of the number of years he's been doing this. "Well, I'm just estimating."

However, it may be that Melvin is estimating way off because we heard he's been doing this 63 years. "It's hard to say," said Melvin. "I've been doing it so long."

According to family, Melvin started selling brooms around 1950 and worked six days a week to support his wife and their four children. His wife has since died and the kids are grown, but that work ethic just will not go away.

In fact, some people say he's the best salesman they've ever seen. "He's got a special magic about him," said one customer.

"You just can hardly turn him down," said another.

Not that people don't try to say no -- they just rarely get away with it.